Device for opening envelops.



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1mm FOR OPENING BNVELOPS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1913.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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",ii' I jpencerwlzqy SPENCER W. ROY, OF LISBON, NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR OPENING ENVELOPS Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

Application filed August 21, 1913. Serial No. 785,865.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SPENCER W. RoY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Lisbon, in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Opening Envelops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for opening envelops and removing the contents thereof, and has for its object the provision of simple and inexpensive means adapted to accomplish the foregoing purpose.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a view partly in rear elevation and partly in section, of an envelop having the 1nvention applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a pocket hereinafter described.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in both of the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 designates an envelop of ordinary construction and 6, the letter or other contents of the envelop. In carrying out the invention, I provide the pocket shown in Fig. 2 which consists of a paper receptacle comprising the side walls 7 One of the side walls is bent upon itself at 8 and pasted to the opposite wall to thereby close the rear end of the pocket. A piece of passepartout or other strengthening fabric 11 is pasted about the forward ends of the side walls 7 to form a closure for the front end of the pocket and to aid in strengthening the pocket at this point for it is at the forward end that the pull is applied as hereinafter set forth.

The pocket is cut away at 9 to reduce the height of the front wall 10 to aid in rendering it easy to dislodge the pocket from the letter during the process of unfolding the letter. A cord 12 is passed through the forward end of the pocket and knotted at the underside thereof so that this cord extends from the underside of the pocket to the top of the envelop, passing from the envelop at 13 and being continued downwardly and having its free end secured by a paster 14.

The terminal end of the cord indicated at 15 projects from beneath the paster a suflicient distance as to render it possible to readily grasp the same.

It will be seen that a pull upon the cord will first dislodge it from beneath the paster and will then slit the end of the envelop from top to bottom and because of the fact that the cord is secured at the underside of the pocket, this envelop will be cut all the way down. A continued pull upon the cord will then draw the pocket longitudinally from the envelop, bringingwith it the contents 6 of the envelop. If these contents comprise, as is usually the case, a folded sheet, the act of unfolding this sheet causes the dislodgment of the pocket therefrom. The pocket is not injured in any way and may be used over and over again.

This structure, is a very simple and economical one for accomplishing the objects set forth. It not only saves time by rendering it possible to open an envelop without the use of a knife or other instrument, but it also avoids the possibility of any of the contents of the envelop being injured.

It is frequently the case that checks or other inclosures in envelops are cut in two where knives or scissors are used to open the envelop. This structure positively prevents such accidents.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple and efiicient means are herein provided for'accomplishing the objects of the invention, but while the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended, it is to be understood that they merely represent the preferred embodiment of the invention and that changes within the spirit of the appended claims may be made without departure from the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with an envelop, of 21 separate pocket, of substantially the same length as the envelop, open at the top and closed at its rear end, and a cord attached to one end of said pocket and extending to the exterior of said envelop.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with an envelop, of a relatively shallow pocket opening at the top and closed at its rear end, and a cord attached to one end of said pocket and'extending from the underside thereof and passing outwardly from the envelop at a point remote from its point of attachment to said pocket.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with an envelop, of a separable pocket of substantially the same length as the envelop but relatively shallow and a cord attached to one end of said pocket and extending upwardly within the envelop and outwardly from the envelop at the top thereof. v

4. The combination with an envelop, of a relatively shallow pocket of substantially the same length as the envelop, having both i of its ends closedand having its forward end cut away to render the front wall lower than the rear wall, a cord attached to one end of said pocket and depending from the -underthereof with its free end lying upon the ex 15 terior of the envelop.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. SPENCER W. ROY.

Witnesses:

GEO. B. Anms, B. E. WALLACE. 

